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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-14

Isaiah 7:10-14 I. Isaiah is desired to offer Ahaz a sign either in the depth or the height. That the Jewish economy was in some sense an economy of signs we all admit. The Jewish prophet was to call the attention of his countrymen to these signs, to discover the signification of them. Our Lord laid down the whole doctrine upon this subject when the Pharisees sought a sign from Him. He had given them signs of healing, life-giving power proofs, that a present God was with them. But they wanted a... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 7:15

Butter and honey Indicating the plainness and simplicity of the life in which the young Immanuel should be brought up. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:1-25

Chapter 7Now Uzziah is dead and his grandson Ahaz is reigning.It came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, the king of Judah, that Rezin was the king of Syria, and Pekah was the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel ( Isaiah 7:1 ),So Pekah was ruling in Israel. He had assassinated the previous king. And Syria and Israel, the Northern Kingdom, had confederated together to attack Judah, the Southern Kingdom. And so theycame up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 7:1-25

Isaiah 7:1 . In the days of Ahaz, the second or the third year of his reign. Chapters 5. and 6. are therefore out of place. Isaiah 7:6 . Let us go up against Judah and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal. The rabbins make him to be a relative of the reigning family in Samaria. They gave away David’s throne before they had conquered it! Isaiah 7:8 . The head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. But Jerusalem now had the Lord for her head. Within... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 7:14

Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a signGod’s sign to King AhazPerhaps more perplexity has been produced among commentators by this passage than by any other in Old Testament prophecy.The chief difficulties of the passage may be stated as follows: Does the prophecy refer to some event which was soon to occur, or does it refer exclusively to some event in the distant future? If it refers to some event which was soon to occur, what event was it? Who was the child intended, and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 7:14

Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Ver. 14. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. ] Give it you, ingratiis vestris, without your leave, of his own proffer. "If we believe not, yet God remaineth faithful." 2Ti 2:13 Rom 3:3 The house of David was as it were great with child with Christ and with God’s promises in him; therefore, to be sure, it could not be rooted out, as... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 7:15

Isa 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Ver. 15. Butter and honey shall he eat, ] i.e., He shall be fed with children’s meat, after the manner of other infants; for, as he shall take upon him our nature, so shall he also partake with us in our natural infirmities, feeding, as other children there did, on "butter and honey," a not able to discern good from evil, through want of judgment, till he came to be of discretion, Luk 2:52 ... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 7:16

Isa 7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. Ver. 16. For before the child. ] Hannagnar, this child Shear-jashub here present, Isa 7:3 the proper sign of this present deliverance as Isa 8:4-7 made so by occasion of the mention of Immanuel, that was to be born, many years after, of a virgin. The land that thou abhorrest. ] Or, By which thou art vexed. as Isa 7:6 Confer Exo 1:12 Numbers... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 7:14

Behold: Genesis 3:15, Jeremiah 31:22, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:35 shall call: or, thou, O virgin shall call: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 29:32, Genesis 30:6, Genesis 30:8, 1 Samuel 1:20, 1 Samuel 4:21 Immanuel: Isaiah 8:8, Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1, John 1:2, John 1:14, Romans 9:5, 1 Timothy 3:16 Reciprocal: Genesis 28:15 - I am Exodus 3:12 - token Exodus 3:13 - What is his name Exodus 23:21 - my name Exodus 33:19 - proclaim Leviticus 4:28 - a kid Deuteronomy 20:1... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 7:15

Butter: Connecting this verse with the preceding and following, we may render with Dr. Jubb and Lowth, "Behold the virgin (haalmah as the word uniformly signifies, Genesis 24:43, Exodus 2:8, Psalms 68:26, Proverbs 30:19, Song of Solomon 1:3, Song of Solomon 6:8) shall conceive and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Immanuel; butter and honey shall he eat when he shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good. For," etc. Isaiah 7:22, Matthew 3:4 know: Psalms 51:5, Amos 5:15, Luke... read more

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